Reclaim the Swastika (reclaimtheswastika.com) is a worldwide event to commemorate the first year of the death of ManWoman—on 13 November 2013—and to spread the knowledge and appreciation of the history of the swastika as a humane symbol.

Various stores will give you swastika tattoos, nicks and branding for free and use this opportunity to educate the public about the origin and true meaning of the Swastika. Later on November 13, around 170 + tattoo artists, body modifiers, designers, writers and educators will share something in the shape, picture, or stories of the swastika .

My name is Michel Richard Sanjaya, a traditional tattoo artist of Handpoke process. On 13 November, I will make three tattoos for three selected people using handpoke process and give you some e-Books on Swatika for free, and also give some talk about swastikas.

For those who want to sign up to get a free tattoo can contact me at :
mxrichs@gmail.com / 08567739055 / Twitter @ mxrichs

Swastika

Swastika itself is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. In fact, this symbol predates even the Ancient Egypt, Ankh! The pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far as 1000 BC. In the other hemisphere, although not known precisely, Native Americans also have long used the symbol of the swastika.

Over the next thousand years, the image of the swastika have been used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. In the Middle Ages, the swastika was so popular—although not used in general—and is called by many names:

China: wan

Britain: Fylfot

Germany: Hakenkreuz

Greece: tetraskelion dan gammadion

India: swastika

The word “swastika” itself comes from the Sanskrit svastika where “su” means “good,” “asti” means “to be” and “ka” as a suffix. Before the Nazis used this symbol , the swastika was used by many cultures to represent life, sun, power, strength, and luck. In fact, in the early 20th century, the swastika is a common decoration that often adorned cigarette cases, postcards, coins, and buildings. During World War I, the swastika could even be found on the shoulder patches of the 45th American Division and the Finnish air force until after World War II.

In the 1800s, countries around Germany grew larger and formed a kingdom. However, Germany was not a unified country until 1871. To overcome feelings of vulnerability and the stigma of youth, German nationalists in the mid-19th century began to use the swastika to represent the long history of German (Aryan) , theconnection with the origin of the Aryans in India .

At the end of the 19th century, the swastika could be found on nationalist German magazine and a German gymnast League official insignia. Furthermore , in the early 20th century, the swastika is a common symbol of German nationalism which can be found at Ostara, a magazine owned antisemitic Joerg Lanz von Liebenfels and in various Freikorps units. Also a symbol Wandervogel , a German youth movement and the Thule Society.

Nazi flag

In 1920, Adolf Hitler decided that the Nazi Party needed its own insignia and flag. Officially, based on the Salzburg Congress August 7, 1920, the Nazi Party began using a red flag with a white circle and black swastika as the official symbol of the party. In Mein Kampf, Hitler’s Nazi describe a new flag:

“In red we see the social idea of ​​the movement, in white the nationalist idea, in the swastika the mission of the struggle for the victory of the Aryan man, and, by the same token, the victory of the idea of ​​creative work that has always been and will always be anti-Semitic.”

Since then, the swastika soon became a symbol of hate, antisemitism, violence, death and murder.

Sauvastika that reverses its meaning

Some cultures in the past had differentiated between the swastika (clockwise) and sauvastika (counter-clockwise). Swastika symbolizes health and life, while sauvastika means mystical misfortune. However, since the Nazis’ use of the swastika, there is a reverse in meaning where people assume that the clockwise Nazi swastika is the symbol of hatred and death, while sauvastika as a symbol of life and prosperity.